Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 18, 2013

And everyone needs to make the most of their prospecting time. Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Today, more than ever before, strategic partnerships, both formal and informal, are an important element of conducting business. The referrals and introductions which happy customers make for their sales reps. Deborah Penta.

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Insurance Insurance Trade Show Collateral 209

Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2024

One of the key promises of generative AI for business is the ability to eliminate time-consuming, manual research and prospecting tasks for frontline go-to-market professionals. This indicates upcoming investments in software development, data science, and marketing — along with competitive intelligence for competing providers.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 25, 2023

One insurance broker, attorney, banker, or consultant? Talk to any software vendor, and they can’t wait to show you their cool software. But buyers don’t actually buy software. They buy what the software does for them—how it saves time, decreases costs, engages customers, tracks referrals, etc. You’re different.

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B2B Buyer Referrals Sales Qualified Lead 177

BrainShark

MAY 20, 2022

When discussing insurance agent onboarding, most people focus on improvements to the hiring process: automation for applications, background checks, and other tasks to get agents in the door. There are things like getting their hardware and software set up, receiving credentials, and going through mandatory compliance training.

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eGrabber

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Business insurance, also called as commercial insurance, covers a whole lot of industries including small businesses, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, wholesale, service industry and so on. Challenges to Generate Business Insurance Leads. Some even purchase expensive insurance leads from vendors.

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Insurance Insurance Marketing Qualified Lead Leads 64

Zoominfo

APRIL 24, 2020

Its purpose is to help customers identify prospects interested in specific subject matter and topics related to a customer’s value propositions. Good question: Prospects are identified via a company’s IP address. Vacation Rental, Expense Management, and Fitness and Gym management software saw significant decreases in traffic surges.

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Outsourcing Services Intent Data Transportation Intent 227

Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Hi John, This is Nigel calling from Sales Software 2.0. Today, September 20, is apparently National Gibberish Day, so it seems like a good time to surface this classic point about how your describe your company and products to your prospects–or indeed to anyone that asks “what do you do?”. GE Insurance).

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Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Hi John, This is Nigel calling from Sales Software 2.0. Today, September 20, is apparently National Gibberish Day, so it seems like a good time to surface this classic point about how your describe your company and products to your prospects–or indeed to anyone that asks “what do you do?”. GE Insurance).

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Insurance Insurance Distribution Conference 150

Pointclear

OCTOBER 9, 2012

B2B sale complexity impacts cost-per-lead —to recap, I have heard marketers (even senior ones) state that cost per lead for anything from life insurance to a $100,000 plus software solution “should be about $300”. Do you believe that an enterprise software solution lead, as an example, should be budgeted to cost $300 or less?

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Cost per Lead Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 169

Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2021

You’re better off getting your advertisement in front of 100 people in a single row of that stadium—as long as they’re good-fit prospects. software release will let users choose whether they want their activity monitored across apps, reports The New York Times. On top of that, digital privacy concerns are at an all-time high.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Intent data can change how you prospect, manage the sales cycle, and close deals. What if you had access to your prospects’ buying windows (time periods when they are most likely to buy)? Consider this — most ( if not all) your B2B prospects or target accounts are tenants in commercial buildings where they occupy space.

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Intent Data Intent Real Estate Data 120

Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2021

This roadmap is read in the data a company is able to gather, purchase, and access about its prospects and customers. Invest in insurance plans that cover common IT and natural disasters — especially ones that are region-specific. But insurance cannot bring back those lost reports, employee information, or financial documents.

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Data Insurance Insurance How To 182

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Who could imagine such really awful prospecting. Another went: Hi David, As a CIO for a B2B company, you’re tasked with identifying the best software for your sales and product teams… I had a momentary identity crisis, Me a CIO?????!!!! Perhaps tomorrow the prospecting will return to the normal quality I have come to respect.

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Insurance Insurance LinkedIn Intent 149

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

A sales enablement software company can now create an audience consisting solely of sales employees at companies with 20+ people in sales and target ads to them. For the first time ever, optometrists can actually place targeted ads to audiences consisting of employees at companies with vision insurance.

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Advertising Advertising Prospecting Intent 130

Emissary

APRIL 6, 2022

Data breaches and ransomware have hit every sector in the last few years, and companies in the P&C insurance vertical are aware of the vulnerability of vast stores of personal data. According to Deloitte research , 68% of insurance companies surveyed plan to increase spending on cybersecurity this year.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

For example, suppose you're selling technical software. For example, are you going to be speaking to the IT team that will troubleshoot your software? During this stage, you'll use the information gathered during discovery to begin diagnosing your prospect’s issues. For example, commercial insurance sales are complex deals.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2021

Enterprise OEM software licensing is a multibillion-dollar segment of the software industry. It includes factual information, personal experience, and interviews from successful professionals on both the buy-side and the sell-side of enterprise OEM software licensing to ensure a broad mix of experience and ideas.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Find gaps in your sales process where a disproportionate number of prospects fall off. Once you identify those, seek out software that can take the manual legwork out of them and free up your employees' time. Non-Bank and Insurance): 20.13%. Insurance (General): 1.43%. Insurance (Life): 6.54%. Financial Services.

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Margin Chemicals Real Estate Strategy 119

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

For B2B sales and marketing teams, having a 360-degree view of customers and prospects is key. Retail Trade Transportation Information Finance & Insurance Real Estate Professional Services. 334614 Software & Other Prerecorded Compact Disc, Tape, & Record Reproducing. 52 Finance & Insurance. 111120 Oilseed.

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Transportation Chemicals Automotive Marketing 204

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The lowest-hanging fruit is personalizing your subject line so it’s unique to the specific prospect. Software: 28%. Insurance: 38%. What is the average email open rate for computer software companies? million emails, the average open rate for the computer software category is 28%. Beauty and Fitness: 40%.

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Industry Real Estate Outsourcing Services Biotechnology 145

Emissary

JANUARY 5, 2022

For backend IT technology providers, the post-pandemic economy has opened up opportunities in the P&C insurance vertical market. Examine Drivers That Move Insurance Companies to Buy IT Solutions. In the P&C insurance vertical, the internal drivers for enhanced backend tech may vary from one organization to another.

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Pointclear

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

I spend a lot of time on the phone every day, talking to sales and marketing leaders—including prospects. unscripted ) with prospects. Software to optimize the insurance business through predictive analytics. Agile software development and IT support with all work done in the USA.

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Nutshell

MAY 21, 2024

Whether you’re a wealth management advisor, accountant, insurance broker, or financial representative, a solid tech stack is essential for your financial services business. Software for financial services companies helps to determine investment opportunities, identify risks, forecast returns, and much more.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). sales prospecting (34). I believe the best point in the blog post by Don Fornes of Software Advice is this: You have to be unique.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile eBook Webinar Metrics 178

Emissary

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

P&C insurance deals, like many high-tech enterprise sales , can be difficult to predict. The insurance market is riddled with regulations, and companies tend to be risk averse. Determine whether higher-value deals typically require more scrutiny or if software is handled differently than services. .

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Insurance Insurance Closing Decision Maker 52

Crunchbase

MAY 27, 2021

Let’s look at an example in the insurance industry. In its early days, a company like True Blue Life Insurance may have only offered a limited selection of life insurance products, which would limit their pool of sales prospects. As True Blue grows, however, they may start to offer more life insurance products.

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Ideal Customer Profile Insurance Insurance Customer 105

Sales Hacker

MARCH 31, 2020

Every day we recover quickly from the many rejections we receive from prospects, clients, and the market, only to hop on a call and get rejected again. Even the B2B software industry has been seeing a massive hit regarding trade shows and industry events. Going after verticals like hospitality, insurance, tourism, health, etc.,

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Trade Show Tourism Face-to-face Top of Funnel 126

MarketJoy

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Whether it’s a software company offering a new telehealth platform, a cybersecurity firm focused on safeguarding patient data, or a medtech company delivering breakthrough equipment, outbound marketing can help businesses reach the healthcare providers who need them most.

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Cincom Smart Selling

JULY 29, 2016

Lots of hype, lots of trade-journal coverage, but, I wonder if companies are really taking advantage, and are they finding a demonstrable advantage using CPQ software? Lead Conversion Rates for CPQ Software. Nonetheless, when you work in marketing and you come across a prospect who is interested in your product, it’s a big deal.

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Sales Hacker Training

JANUARY 7, 2025

And I still think that it is a sort of a loosely defined role in software, at least at like kind of earlier stage companies. They need to be able to, I would say, build services on top of the software. And I know you’ve had some great experience, particularly while you were at AWS, running different partner sales, channel sales.

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Ideal Customer Profile Outsourcing Services Customer Lead Rank 124

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 12, 2018

to your prospects and/or current customers. for prospect lists. Want to book appointments with your top prospects? Hire a freelancer on Upwork or Fiver to draw cartoons or portraits of your prospects. Put each in an envelope with this note: Dear [prospect name], I hope this drawing is a good addition to your desk art.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 3, 2020

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , from 2008 to 2010 consumer spending decreased in the areas of food, housing, entertainment, personal insurance, pensions, apparel, and services. Though the original concept for the CRM was introduced in the late 1980s, this valuable software did not become a staple for businesses until the 2010s.

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Outsourcing Services Strategy Remedy Consumer 118

Apptivo

JULY 15, 2022

What is mortgage CRM software? Loan officers and mortgage professionals use mortgage CRM software to track clients, capture loan prospects, solve issues, and analyze sales. A mortgage CRM software should have all the features that mortgage lenders need. Loan Origination Software (LOS) integration. Drip campaigns.

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Software Software CRM Hubspot 52

Women Sales Pros

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Last month, I conducted a training with a large software company and discovered their top rep, Trina, earns more than five times as much as the lowest performer in her company—while talking to the exact same number of customers. Get the prospect to think about how he felt before the problem occurred.). What is it costing you?

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Real Estate Scale Motivation Insurance 106

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether you sell furniture or enterprise software, you face the same challenge: finding the right words to say. Sending cold emails, leading prospects through sales calls, and following up all take time and articulation. The most popular ways sales reps use AI include content creation, prospect outreach , and research.

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How To Insurance Insurance Travel 98

SBI

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Exhibitors know that it’s difficult to entice a prospect to come into an empty booth. Do you sell to the Insurance industry? Your prospects don’t know what to do or how to behave when they first hear about your company or products, when they visit your web site for the first time, or when they first experiment with your product.

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SalesForce Webinar Metrics SAP Insurance 135

Keith Rosen

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Developing an email template compelling enough to elicit a response from a prospect is hard enough. What compounds this challenge are spam filters, firewalls and a slew of other devices that channel our innocent solicitation into the prospect’s spam folder or worse, the trash; never to find its way to the inbox of our targeted prospect.

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